Swim Instructor

GENERAL PURPOSE: Provide safe and quality swim lesson instruction for various age groups and abilities.

Wheat Ridge was founded during the 1859 Gold Rush as a rest stop for miners and later named for its golden wheat fields. As unsuccessful miners turned to farming, the area thrived with orchards, vegetable fields, and later, greenhouses, earning the title “Carnation City.” Incorporated in 1969, Wheat Ridge now offers a central location with easy access to Denver and the Rocky Mountains. It operates as a home-rule city with a council-manager government, where the elected council sets policy, and the manager oversees daily operations and budgeting.

CORE VALUES: The City of Wheat Ridge is committed to excellence and ACTION!:

• Accountability: Employees take responsibility for their actions, decisions, and recommendations and are accountable to each other and the community
• Change: Adapts to changing organizational needs, conditions, and work responsibilities.
• Teamwork: Employees value teamwork as a collaborative effort, with each person contributing unique skills, knowledge, and training to achieve common goals.
• Integrity: Employees uphold the highest ethical standards, recognize the importance of public and customer trust and adhere to the values of the organization.
• Opportunity: Employees are empowered to grow professionally, develop best practices, and seek challenges to advance the City.
• NOW!: Employees are proactive, timely, and efficient in responding to the needs of the organization and the community – NOW!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Teach class content appropriate to the course description, level and within certification guidelines.
• Monitor participants and assess their skills.
• Provide a safe environment for all participants.
• Complete any necessary reports and forms, i.e., course records, attendance. records, progress reports, lesson plans, etc.
• Responsible for finding a dependable, appropriate substitute upon their absence.
• Perform related work as required and assigned.

• Swim Instructor candidates must be at least 15 years of age.
• Able to proficiently perform various swim strokes for 25 yards.
• Starfish Aquatics Institute (SAI) Swim Lesson Instructor certification (preferred) or other nationally accredited certification required. SAI certification provided for selected candidates.
• Instruct large groups of people, follow instructions, communicate effectively to the participants when teaching, analyze situations quickly and objectively and determine proper courses of action to be taken.
• Analyze and correct facility safety hazards, write reports as necessary, learn and adhere to the facility emergency procedures; establish and maintain effective working relationships with the public.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships while working with a high level of autonomy.
• Thorough knowledge of departmental rules and regulations paired with considerable knowledge of the principles, practices, teaching methods and techniques that provide positive motivation in recreational environment.
• Working knowledge of rules, strategies, and skills and organizational procedures associated with working with within a professional setting and aquatics department.
• General knowledge of human anatomy.
• Previous instructional experience preferred or any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides evidence that the applicant possesses the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

HOURS OF WORK, LOCATION, AND WORK ENVIRONMENT: This position is part-time and hours will vary according to class needs. Work primarily performed in hot, wet, and humid environment with chemical smell. During Summer months, work may be at an outdoor facility and will include exposure to all types of weather. Work requires strength and stamina necessary to rescue distressed swimmers. Work requires extended periods of hearing and speaking; requires working in chemically treated water. Work requires public relations skills in handling parental concerns and complaints, The work also entails working closely with co-workers and cooperating in utilizing the various areas of the pool. Must be able to work in environment with poor acoustics, array of distractions, i.e., music, weather conditions. Work involves climbing, frequent sitting, intermittently sitting, standing, or stooping, standing or walking; requires ability to lift frequently object of less

than 25lbs and occasionally weighing up to and over 50 lbs. Work requires considerable muscular exertion and/or physical strain, as well as continuous intense mental concentration and/or visual attention. All equipment available and necessary to adhere to the Swim Instructor certification curriculum, including safety equipment, instructional equipment, instructor slates, progress report software, etc.

The City of Wheat Ridge is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and inclusivity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, marital status or any other applicable characteristics protected by law, unless related to a bona fide occupational qualification. The City of Wheat Ridge will consider reasonable accommodations for employment to qualified applicants upon request to the Human Resources Office.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities, or working conditions associated with the position.

Salary : $20 - $27